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There’s a (mostly) universal truth in the realm of TV criticism: If a new series is set for a certain release schedule and then, seemingly unprompted, the network changes it to a schedule where the entire series drops all at once (combined with a review embargo that drops within 24 hours of the show’s release), […]
Now that? That was more like it. Was it a bit overstuffed in terms of trying to get every character – and several supporting characters – their moment in the sun? Sure. Could I have done without the influx of romantic subplots (outside of the continual great partnership between Pike and Batel)? Yeah. But, you […]
As someone who firmly believes that BoJack Horseman is one of the greatest television shows of the 21st century (and probably of all time), I was beyond excited to hear that BoJack’s creator and showrunner Raphael Bob-Waksberg was back at Netflix with a new series. Sure, there aren’t any anthropomorphized characters in this one – […]
I’ll admit that I didn’t even remember that Upload, the intriguing if uneven, Prime Video comedy series had been granted a four-episode final season to wrap up the pretty intense cliffhanger we were left with at the end of season three. After all, it’s been nearly two years since season three dropped on the streamer. […]
Alien is an enduring franchise and gets its first TV spin-off with Alien: Earth, with Noah Hawley, the showrunner of Fargo and Legion, taking on the challenge. In 2120, five corporations control Earth, and there is a race to gain immortality through technology. On an island controlled by the Prodigy Corporation, five terminally ill children […]
The risk you take, from a showrunning perspective, in setting up a standalone episode from the point of view of a recurring guest star who has only tangentially touched the story up until this point in the season is that whatever emotional pivot the episode requires from him will only work if we know him […]
I had been hoping that Strange New Worlds would rebound after last week’s disappointing outing. Unfortunately, this over-stuffed and under-baked attempt at showing us Kirk’s* growth – while still spending far too much time with the crew of the Enterprise and trying to turn the final beats of the story into a pretty out-of-left field […]
Every time I begin watching a new series, I want it to be great. I want it to be so exceptional that I finish each episode and cannot wait to see just what is going to happen next. I went into watching the screeners for The Rainmaker, the new USA/Peacock series loosely based on John […]
Well, it had to happen at some point: a dud in a season of pretty solid hits. I almost feel bad writing this, as I love the series so much that even a weak episode in the lot is still better than a lot of shows at their best, but I can’t say I enjoyed […]
Well that was a fun palette cleanser after a couple of rounds of heavier stuff. Although I suspect the burgeoning relationship between Spock and La’an will have some segments of the fanbase (namely, those who are full-on Spock-Chapel and/or La’an-Kirk shippers) up in arms. Personally, while I would rather have our main characters not dealing […]